Back To The USSR | Lost In The Belarus Provinces 🇧🇾

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  • Опубликовано: 1 мар 2019
  • 🇧🇾 Wanting to escape Minsk for a bit I took a short trip to a provincial town in Belarus called Bobruisk in search of some of the nation's Soviet past. It didn't take long to find it...

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  • @baldandbankrupt
    @baldandbankrupt  5 лет назад +768

    Part Two of this journey is here: ruclips.net/video/rsVhE4Qn7z8/видео.html

    • @jackmarly
      @jackmarly 5 лет назад +4

      what is the name of the hotel?

    • @lordbeerusza
      @lordbeerusza 5 лет назад +17

      Keep doing these types of videos

    • @Generisimo
      @Generisimo 5 лет назад +8

      DO TRANSISTIA!

    • @LogitechXibanga
      @LogitechXibanga 5 лет назад +3

      1:16 so the ticket office its called Kaca xaxaxa

    • @MrUlesus
      @MrUlesus 5 лет назад +2

      If you ever go to ex Soviet country of Kirgizia ,please go to Issyk Kul lake and Soviet time sanatorium called Goluboi Issyk Kul.Theres a lot to have a look at around the lake as well.Soviet spirit with local flavour.

  • @justinstergar6757
    @justinstergar6757 4 года назад +5231

    Who else here is on a bald and bankrupt binge session?

  • @braydenshanga2654
    @braydenshanga2654 3 года назад +2937

    Some person: breathes next to him
    Bald: Soviet breath

  • @xoxocrist2058
    @xoxocrist2058 3 года назад +1042

    I remember watching this video a year ago and was like 'why is this guy so obsessed with soviet stuff?'
    Me now:
    hmm, soviet sink.

    • @sylvester5804
      @sylvester5804 2 года назад +1

      hahaha

    • @PGlll
      @PGlll 2 года назад

      What’s the appeal??

    • @marvin2678
      @marvin2678 2 года назад +15

      @@PGlll its so different from us

    • @captainLoknar
      @captainLoknar 2 года назад +7

      I like how he addressed it in this video. He usually just goes with it and we can't really tell if it's cynical

    • @davidb5056
      @davidb5056 2 года назад

      Me too.

  • @anseltan014
    @anseltan014 2 года назад +375

    I must've seen this video at least fifty times or more but I always keep coming back. Something about the rainy atmosphere, the Cafe New Century, catching the train into Bobruisk, exploring the Soviet architecture, and the hotel & restaurant at the end... it's such a typical Bald video but something about it is just so comforting.

    • @baldandbankrupt
      @baldandbankrupt  2 года назад +270

      It’s also the first ever really soviet video. Before that I was thinking nobody would be interested in all the Soviet architecture and places that I was. My channel was all about India mostly. But I thought I’d do a film I wanted to make and see what happened…and well here we are a couple years later and I’m known as ‘the Soviet guy’ on RUclips. Have a good day and thanks for the comment.

    • @anseltan014
      @anseltan014 2 года назад +12

      ​@@baldandbankrupt And good thing you did! Your work has been a huge inspiration to me and I can't thank you enough. Have a wonderful day, Mr Bald!

    • @Qwertyuiopclub
      @Qwertyuiopclub 2 года назад +2

      Thanks BaldBen I was looking over year ago for anything Russian and Eastern Europe and here I am …. Your subscriber. Thanks again I be learnt by you so much and wish I could live cook breathe etc the history and good hearted ness of some of your aqauantances

    • @NostalgicMem0ries
      @NostalgicMem0ries 2 года назад +2

      @@baldandbankrupt never stop doing soviet countries videos, so many countries so much to see, you could travel russia for years. just do longer videos and show more , i bet you experience way more than you show :) we both rural areas and big cities are interesting, transnistria and belarus are closest to ussr times, visit it more, each city has its story and aura

    • @ns7353
      @ns7353 Год назад +1

      @Diane M globalist go starve some children

  • @QueenJaneway
    @QueenJaneway 4 года назад +2019

    imagine being a regular belarusian guy seeing an englishman sitting whispering about soviet at the local bar lol

    • @davken26
      @davken26 4 года назад +174

      quietly leaves the room, goes for a phone booth and calls the FSB.

    • @CrazyLeiFeng
      @CrazyLeiFeng 4 года назад +115

      @@davken26 In Belarus it is still called KGB. Why should they change the ol' good name?

    • @Constructor11
      @Constructor11 3 года назад +28

      @@CrazyLeiFeng old Soviet name

    • @kanethompson708
      @kanethompson708 3 года назад +1

      Lmao

    • @polskiivan
      @polskiivan 3 года назад +3

      @@neyte7313 you should check upload time of the video - it was 2 years ago, so it wasn't the toughest time yet ;)

  • @Pique40
    @Pique40 4 года назад +1863

    Me: Ordinary, wooden chairs
    Bald: Soviet chairs

    • @ruinnaimperii4686
      @ruinnaimperii4686 4 года назад +22

      Pero S Soviet Orgasm intensifies.

    • @alicewong9935
      @alicewong9935 4 года назад +7

      Same lol, it’s just a chair, calm down lol 😂

    • @mattywanders
      @mattywanders 4 года назад +2

      That made me laugh! :-)

    • @wind680
      @wind680 4 года назад +28

      Me: old fashioned deco
      Bald: 1970 Soviet union deco

    • @alicewong9935
      @alicewong9935 4 года назад +1

      Good Krypollo haha 😂

  • @clockworkpotato
    @clockworkpotato 3 года назад +100

    I am from Belarus and the way you described that made me smile all the way. Thank you!

  • @erikarneberg11
    @erikarneberg11 2 года назад +103

    I think I’ve figured this out… it’s cheaper for him to travel through the former Soviet republics (trains, rooms, meals) than it would be to stay at home! ; )

    • @Sniperboy5551
      @Sniperboy5551 Год назад +3

      It’s true, that’s why I want to go backpacking in Russia before I go backpacking across Europe. I won’t be broke by the end of it…

    • @user-zg6sl9oo6d
      @user-zg6sl9oo6d 10 месяцев назад

      😃😃😃

  • @TheZagiello
    @TheZagiello 3 года назад +1363

    I love when normal people travel and upload their videos to youtube. No script, No managers , No big media bullshit . It can't be better than this.

    • @ShaareiZoharDaas
      @ShaareiZoharDaas 3 года назад +24

      Amen he makes me want to do it too🙏

    • @friedrice69
      @friedrice69 3 года назад +21

      YES. Bald is so genuine too.

    • @Mirrodin82
      @Mirrodin82 3 года назад +15

      Couldn't agree more. "Pro" documentaries suck

    • @akjir
      @akjir 3 года назад +32

      "Normal" is an interesting adjective for Mr. Bald.

    • @obsequiae
      @obsequiae 2 года назад +4

      No advertisement of expensive hotels or anything

  • @LeeNTien
    @LeeNTien 5 лет назад +2369

    How to spot a foreigner, even if they speak very passable Russian - they say Hello to everyone and even smile. =]

    • @matthewm2528
      @matthewm2528 5 лет назад +202

      I got in trouble for smiling a lot until someone told me it was weird.

    • @brianm2881
      @brianm2881 5 лет назад +217

      @@matthewm2528 I read that Russians are wary of smiling strangers, but Bald is a smiling stranger and people don't seem that wary of him at all.

    • @juststeve5542
      @juststeve5542 5 лет назад +130

      How to spot an English foreigner even when they speak very passable Russian, they say thank you to everyone!

    • @scottwhitley3392
      @scottwhitley3392 5 лет назад +123

      That’s why Eastern European’s are considered rude and miserable in the UK

    • @Somnivers
      @Somnivers 5 лет назад +103

      @@scottwhitley3392 Miserable yes, the communist era was miserable in the 80's , we still pay for it and have a lot to catch up with.But rude might be because UK and other civilized countries are getting less educated people and more workers looking for low payed jobs that most people don't want, also lots of beggars and criminals.Immigration laws should be harder on people that don't plan to integrate,either an honest triage or close borders.

  • @itsallaboutpeople9641
    @itsallaboutpeople9641 2 года назад +42

    Others: Train Ticket
    Bald: Soviet Ticket

  • @MenzoKorver
    @MenzoKorver 2 года назад +36

    "My big regret in my life is that I never saw the Sovjet Union". I totally agree on that one. I went to the region Moscow several times and also visited the countries at the Baltic Sea. I love it there. Your episodes make my smile. I recognize the passion and pleasure I experienced in my travels at the time. The people there are so different from what I see here and read in the media. I would love to travel again with someone like you in the former USSR. You inspire me!

  • @jimnielsen6667
    @jimnielsen6667 4 года назад +701

    You have the curiosity of a child. I admire that.

    • @leonchal
      @leonchal 4 года назад +7

      That and a winning smile are why people don’t just snatch his camera away and shout “undercover foreign reporter!”

    • @IntenseVLT
      @IntenseVLT 4 года назад

      Thats a great way of explaining it!

    • @ThePapagasho
      @ThePapagasho 4 года назад +4

      "Wow soviet curiosity" :P

    • @instantapp3242
      @instantapp3242 4 года назад

      Stolt Dansker I interesting perspective

  • @Sn3per1
    @Sn3per1 3 года назад +972

    13:40 “look at this soviet table”
    Shop keeper: “but I bought this a week ago what :(“

    • @DMWBN3
      @DMWBN3 3 года назад +17

      Cosa Nostra £1 for every time Bald says SOVIET & we could have fed the entire population of Moscow three times over & twice on a Sunday. Seeing notifications from this dude makes lockdown almost worth it.

    • @maxbryson9419
      @maxbryson9419 3 года назад +8

      It’ll be a 100 years from now and his grandson will be saying “this is a soviet space ship and the soviet area of Mars”

    • @DMWBN3
      @DMWBN3 3 года назад +7

      Anton you got too much time on your hands

    • @ValWasTakenWasTaken
      @ValWasTakenWasTaken 3 года назад +5

      @Anton Guys like Anton be ruinin jokes with reality checks like its the soviet economy lol

    • @ulture
      @ulture 3 года назад

      @Anton everyone is being rude to you but I thought it was a good comment

  • @joseespinosa3995
    @joseespinosa3995 3 года назад +40

    Other people may look at those places and say they are boring and dead, but bold's attitude and good spirit makes them come to life.

    • @Vagabund483
      @Vagabund483 6 месяцев назад

      Беларусь очень красивая и спокойная страна, совсем не мертвая)

  • @mikebailey9566
    @mikebailey9566 2 года назад +54

    Just found this wonderful series and am binge watching them all. Content like this is what makes youtube so great.

  • @kennethwong580
    @kennethwong580 4 года назад +747

    the way he travels is how i want to but never had the balls to.

    • @ehonda7831
      @ehonda7831 4 года назад +12

      @Jerzy Wolwowicz great stories, thank you!

    • @pollofrito3000
      @pollofrito3000 4 года назад +18

      @Jerzy Wolwowicz I think we'd get along well. I'm 54 and my story is somewhat similar. I've been in two hurricanes, a typhoon, a couple of tropical storms and an 8.2 earthquake. I've lived in 5 countries and visited 86 on 5 continents. This COVID shit will limit my summer plans, but as you well know, the addiction never leaves.

    • @Premevv
      @Premevv 4 года назад

      @Jerzy Wolwowicz Panie Jerzy, jestem pod wielkim wrażeniem pana historii, dużo zdrówka życzę!

    • @pollofrito3000
      @pollofrito3000 4 года назад +2

      @mabbohabb I've lived abroad, so that helps. Seasonal employment helps too as I have summers off. The key is to be frugal. My house and cars aren't fancy and I have no expensive vices other than travel. In the past 20 years, 80% of travel has been with a family.

    • @theangryaustralian7624
      @theangryaustralian7624 4 года назад +1

      I've been to Mandurah, Perth, Geraldton, Perth, Perth Lockup, Fremantle

  • @gordonlawrence4749
    @gordonlawrence4749 5 лет назад +453

    That hotel restaurant was more 1970's than the 1970's.

    • @M0M0F2P0Ms
      @M0M0F2P0Ms 4 года назад +8

      I thought "The Shining" :)

    • @aabidamn
      @aabidamn 3 года назад +2

      It looks like a Chernobyl restaurant the day after the nuclear explosion.

  • @joshua520lv
    @joshua520lv 2 года назад +21

    I’m an American and my wife is Belarusian from Minsk. We try to go back to Minsk every year. Beautiful city, very friendly people.

  • @lowkeylowkey1000
    @lowkeylowkey1000 3 года назад +62

    The old soviet locations are not far off from the working towns of america and canada. It seems funny to look in that bar and think to myself "looks just like a local pizza parlor 1 town over lol"

    • @mathematicalcowboy3166
      @mathematicalcowboy3166 2 года назад +4

      That’s because a lot of it is new (built in the 20th century). WWII carved up a lot of Eastern Europe and the Soviets had to rebuild

    • @thestarseeker8196
      @thestarseeker8196 2 года назад +3

      They remind me a lot of certain places in Massachusetts, and when he’s taking a long Russian trip it definitely gives me vibes like certain parts of the U.S. Midwest.

  • @thomasmiller6058
    @thomasmiller6058 4 года назад +1228

    He's really into this Soviet thing.

  • @MargaritaMagdalena
    @MargaritaMagdalena 3 года назад +778

    **gets mugged on the street**
    "Soviet muggers giving me Soviet kicks on a Soviet pavement"

    • @liversuccess1420
      @liversuccess1420 3 года назад +20

      Agreed. He gets stopped by police, security forces, crosses sketchy roads and bridges, takes dodgy looking trains and has run-ins with crims, but the prospect of not getting to where he wants to go is what scares him the most. Legend!

    • @jonwight5018
      @jonwight5018 3 года назад +5

      Very funny!

    • @eduardotomas2676
      @eduardotomas2676 3 года назад

      Forgot the «innit»

    • @lyubomirblazhev1014
      @lyubomirblazhev1014 3 года назад

      Хахаххахаа

    • @kimchi2780
      @kimchi2780 3 года назад +5

      Now he has a Soviet concussion.

  • @zeaux_cxt
    @zeaux_cxt Год назад +15

    I'm from Bobruisk, that was an AMAZING video to discover. Brings back good memories, thanks a lot!

  • @williamcooper2415
    @williamcooper2415 3 года назад +28

    I think I could really enjoy living in one of these countries. I really like how everything is spread out and requires walking, biking, etc., to get to your destination. There, it is designed for safely walking to and fro; not so in many places in America. Although there seems that much of these locations are low energy, laid back; which seems to encourage socializing and friendship building. Here, where I reside, we work and work and work.

  • @calebtsedzik6222
    @calebtsedzik6222 3 года назад +621

    I've been living near this hotel (literally 200 m from it) for 26 years at this point...
    ...yet it took me a bald British youtuber to actually see it from the inside. 🤭

    • @Icureditwithmybrain
      @Icureditwithmybrain 3 года назад +23

      Ive lived that close to a restaurant in my area for 36 years that ive never been to lol

    • @WCGwkf
      @WCGwkf 3 года назад +21

      There are a lot of things locals don't bother with everywhere. I haven't visited some of the main nature tourist attractions of my city, like going to the top (driving or hiking) of "America's mountain"

    • @monfoxtrot3123
      @monfoxtrot3123 2 года назад +1

      Was the hotel once a hospital or a school? Judging by the inside I'm betting on hospital. :)

    • @steveglen3354
      @steveglen3354 2 года назад +5

      I have never been to a beach. The beach is like 200km away from my home

    • @tortugatech
      @tortugatech 2 года назад +2

      @@monfoxtrot3123 probably not, hospitals dont have balcony's in eastern europe, idk abot western hospitals

  • @cianfox8750
    @cianfox8750 5 лет назад +472

    Sees Tesla driving down the street
    Bald: This is so 1970’s Soviet Union

  • @93theproducer47
    @93theproducer47 2 месяца назад +3

    I can’t stop watching your videos man. They are so interesting and addicting 💪🏼💪🏼

  • @ro7879
    @ro7879 2 года назад +16

    Fascinating. This takes me back. I was lucky enough in the 1980s to travel several times through eastern Europe before the iron curtain came down. I always felt safe and the people were friendly, even though I'm an English speaker (Canada) and only know a few words of German, which was enough to get by on. I miss those days.

  • @cheetobandito3235
    @cheetobandito3235 4 года назад +387

    Man something about these vlogs just make me feel comfortable and happy.

    • @brendencsw4369
      @brendencsw4369 4 года назад +23

      Same here, almost therapeutic

    • @acspeter7
      @acspeter7 4 года назад +10

      I feel the same. I am from Hungary. I can find so many things familiar here. Hungary joined the EU, but the daily life of the ordinary people are so similar to the people in Russia, or Belarus.. I think. The difference is that we can work in the EU in awful and exhausting jobs and of course, we are not welcome there, look at Brexit or at home in multinacionational companies for peanuts. Our politicians are the winners. They can steal more... 🤔 There is the money from EU for them.

    • @mvl6827
      @mvl6827 4 года назад +2

      Renáta Szabó Try live in Russia if you love it so much, and feel at home there. Greetings from the UK, we feel very relieved after Brexit and the end of parasitic “guests”

    • @sephkurai
      @sephkurai 4 года назад +7

      @@mvl6827 I think you should live on the moon away from all people

    • @dutchdettweiler
      @dutchdettweiler 4 года назад

      @@mvl6827 england is more foreigners than english, what are you talking about? lol Rather be in eastern europe where i dont have to say sorry or be around people who dont understand me

  • @kiskebear
    @kiskebear 5 лет назад +540

    Mr Bald - I stumbled upon your videos by pure chance - and they are by far, some of the best I've seen on YT. Keep up the great work!

    • @ernstgottschalk8023
      @ernstgottschalk8023 5 лет назад +3

      same

    • @CasiodorusRex
      @CasiodorusRex 5 лет назад +5

      I agree. I turned off all my RUclips recommendations and am starting to find some good RUclipsrs. This guy is great.

    • @victorgarcia-ok5fc
      @victorgarcia-ok5fc 5 лет назад +4

      @@CasiodorusRex How can I do that? I'm tired of watching wannabe bloggers and want to find more channels like this one

    • @stevenirvine666
      @stevenirvine666 4 года назад +2

      @@victorgarcia-ok5fc just google how to turn off youtube recommendations,its not too hard ;)

    • @itsmenoname2247
      @itsmenoname2247 4 года назад +3

      same here.
      Greets from The Netherlands.

  • @tigran2197
    @tigran2197 2 года назад +8

    After two years I watch this Video again and I must say that the trips to Belarus was the best in Balds channel.

  • @_spda
    @_spda 3 года назад +117

    Чёрт, какой душевный мужик

  • @kevincarter7633
    @kevincarter7633 3 года назад +1171

    As an american. Your videos have taught me more about the former soviet republic than I ever was taught in school. Thanks. Great videos

    • @masada2828
      @masada2828 3 года назад +11

      A picture is a 1000 words.

    • @JosiahK555
      @JosiahK555 3 года назад +44

      Read the gulag archipelago, by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. It will tell you all about what happened there.

    • @MargaritaMagdalena
      @MargaritaMagdalena 3 года назад +13

      @@JosiahK555 😂😂😂

    • @thersworks
      @thersworks 3 года назад +1

      I concur

    • @user-sr6pi5lp3q
      @user-sr6pi5lp3q 3 года назад +21

      Just curious, what have you learned? Some propaganda as toxic as soviet antiamerican?

  • @JoeBlow-fp5ng
    @JoeBlow-fp5ng 4 года назад +225

    Translations:
    "Soviet chair" = chair
    "Soviet table" = table
    "Soviet bus station" = bus station
    Etc.

    • @trilobite8326
      @trilobite8326 4 года назад +5

      Looks like lack of getting humor.

    • @sebby324
      @sebby324 3 года назад

      We know

    • @christophergauthier5858
      @christophergauthier5858 3 года назад

      Soviet Soviet Soviet Soviet Soviet Soviet Soviet Soviet Soviet Soviet Soviet Soviet Soviet Soviet Soviet Soviet Soviet Soviet Soviet Soviet Soviet Soviet Soviet Soviet Soviet

  • @samanthavanrooyen4405
    @samanthavanrooyen4405 2 года назад +5

    love your journeys and discoveries ... so much to learn !! really amazing content !!

  • @rizhiy1
    @rizhiy1 3 года назад +25

    I’ve been watching the Belarus playlist. It seems you know more about the country that I was born in, than I ever did 🤣 👍

  • @svetlanapil8089
    @svetlanapil8089 3 года назад +419

    What I like about Belarus that there are no advertisement billboards anywhere to be seen. Billboards create so much visual clutter that it's really tiring to look at. Belarus looks clean and minimalistic.

    • @elmarnigmatullin4490
      @elmarnigmatullin4490 3 года назад +63

      Because there are no business ran, cause the regime do not allow them to do so🤣

    • @Aimodesign
      @Aimodesign 3 года назад +5

      @@elmarnigmatullin4490 это единый архитектурный стиль: уникальность в единообразии.

    • @jonpgh
      @jonpgh 3 года назад +2

      it's called urban chaos

    • @kimchi2780
      @kimchi2780 3 года назад +11

      I disagree about billboards. I love the neon signs in a lot of former Republics. In Bishkek in the city center its full of neon lights and signs and it gives it a certain charm.

    • @marko7552
      @marko7552 3 года назад +31

      @@kimchi2780 at some point, billboards and public advertisement make every place look the same, and it loses it's uniqueness and originality.
      sadly, in the future, every place (and people) in the world will look the same.

  • @oblivionzzzmike
    @oblivionzzzmike 5 лет назад +85

    He's like a kid discovering his fantasy in real life. Beautiful!

    • @beeverywhere9003
      @beeverywhere9003 5 лет назад

      travel makes me child i am 55 i took such trains in russia and ukrainia

  • @hornycykaboy1293
    @hornycykaboy1293 2 года назад +74

    i fell in love with the train conductor girl that opens the door for you

    • @Kedar752
      @Kedar752 2 года назад +35

      Username checks out

    • @seanoneill8409
      @seanoneill8409 2 года назад +9

      Simp

    • @ACogloc
      @ACogloc 2 года назад +1

      She's exactly trad girl.

    • @jongant4937
      @jongant4937 2 года назад +1

      Goes like a train? Sorry.

    • @mindelo23
      @mindelo23 2 года назад +1

      You down bad, you suffering.

  • @shayZero
    @shayZero 3 года назад +16

    I discovered this channel first week of lockdown. A year and now in final months of third lockdown.
    This channel is my wallpaper. I sleep with it on i have it on during the day. I can't emphasise just how much it has helped me. Rock on Bald and thank you

  • @chipchipperson101
    @chipchipperson101 5 лет назад +698

    I took a shot every time he said Soviet and now I'm Russian.

    • @eamh2002
      @eamh2002 5 лет назад +27

      A guy in 1940's took a shot everytime someone said Soviet but thats another story :)

    • @realyhead
      @realyhead 4 года назад +1

      Welcome комрад!

    • @cwasonts4700
      @cwasonts4700 4 года назад

      eamh2002 nice one

    • @bmkkipgen1849
      @bmkkipgen1849 4 года назад

      I should do too 😂

    • @galvanizedcorpse
      @galvanizedcorpse 4 года назад +9

      nah you're not, we don't promote homosexuality here

  • @chole97
    @chole97 5 лет назад +387

    u have this weird superpower of making even the most banal things interesting! love ur videos, please don’t stop making them💗

    • @LionsGateCorp
      @LionsGateCorp 5 лет назад +5

      Truth!

    • @rachard
      @rachard 5 лет назад +1

      yep

    • @bigounce2048
      @bigounce2048 4 года назад +2

      In Ukraine everything is covered in GRAPHITE

    • @galvanizedcorpse
      @galvanizedcorpse 4 года назад

      jeez get a life

    • @forestdenizen6497
      @forestdenizen6497 4 года назад

      @@MrMajsterixx some like it because we like the style, ambience, culture already.
      Another reason, which few will admit, is that to many westerns born in the 60s and 70s, these places and peoples remind us of something that still existed when we were children, but which has been permanently destroyed in our own countries.
      No need to spell it out.

  • @user-cz1zl9ig7m
    @user-cz1zl9ig7m 5 месяцев назад +1

    Just love the time capsules that you visit and step into - super fascinating, interesting and highly educational

  • @peter0103
    @peter0103 Год назад +5

    oh that's so recognisable. I've been to Russia quite some times, but the small time capsules from the Soviet Union remain the most fascinating places to visit. And at these times I always regret that I never visited the Soviet Union itself. Thank you so much for your videos, I recognise a lot of places you visited, but you also manage to show places I'd never thought of visiting. Makes me want to go to Russia or Belarus again and just go and visit a random city/village that I pinpoint on a map.

  • @StanislavIvashkevich
    @StanislavIvashkevich 5 лет назад +460

    Thank you for showing our country to the world!) It's very interesting to watch your videos! You're great man :)

    • @blackvulcan100
      @blackvulcan100 5 лет назад +7

      I would love to visit,but maybe not in the winter !

    • @stevelampley2591
      @stevelampley2591 5 лет назад +5

      Stanislav Ivashkevich I would take a summer vacation here. This city appeals to me.

    • @arehly6702
      @arehly6702 5 лет назад +5

      Your country is beautiful! :)

    • @sadcholo3118
      @sadcholo3118 5 лет назад +6

      Beautiful country greetings from Mexico

    • @danielarias9047
      @danielarias9047 5 лет назад +4

      What season is the best to visit your country. And what places do you recommend to visit ?

  • @georgiqg
    @georgiqg 3 года назад +368

    This guy has used the word "soviet" more times than a Russian history teacher! Nice video.

    • @grammatikerfanatiker
      @grammatikerfanatiker 2 года назад

      As a mater of semantics I’d say to many people he actually is one.

    • @stuartb3609
      @stuartb3609 2 года назад

      Opportunity missed at the ‘ticket cabins’…..Me left waiting holding my breath. First fail from B&B I’ve noted. 😁

  • @MrGeoffreoso
    @MrGeoffreoso 2 года назад

    Bril Baldy ! Enjoying your travel logs very much.Very educational. Keep them coming.

  • @2007zera
    @2007zera 3 года назад

    I have been watching your blogs for a wile now & have enjoyed them very much, It was the way I liked to travel & getting to know people & their languages, Keep up the good work

  • @khekhecorona
    @khekhecorona 3 года назад +839

    Кто из Беларуси смотрит этот видос??

    • @fvzetea734
      @fvzetea734 3 года назад +43

      Ютуб рекомендации никогда не перестанут удивлять

    • @Ruthenien
      @Ruthenien 3 года назад +76

      Я. ЖЫВЕ БЕЛАРУСЬ :)

    • @fvzetea734
      @fvzetea734 3 года назад +35

      @@Ruthenien жыве!

    • @awakenedmind6519
      @awakenedmind6519 3 года назад +7

      @@Ruthenien ты ещё живёшь в Беларуси?

    • @novikaustanislau930
      @novikaustanislau930 3 года назад +1

      I am

  • @Nifava
    @Nifava 5 лет назад +1604

    Look, a soviet sidewalk. Look, a soviet traffic light. Look, a soviet sky. Look, i'm inhaling soviet air.
    P.S: The videos are actually very interesting.

    • @hamsterbacke5962
      @hamsterbacke5962 5 лет назад +64

      @@thisispersia9021
      Look a soviet commentor comment under a soviet comment

    • @PavelIsp
      @PavelIsp 5 лет назад +27

      Seize the means of comment production!

    • @Nifava
      @Nifava 5 лет назад +4

      @@PavelIsp So be it.

    • @svenkaan6864
      @svenkaan6864 5 лет назад +7

      Yee too much Sovjet haha. I live in Holland but we got same building style at 70-80, also in US they have

    • @msbull100
      @msbull100 5 лет назад +5

      Look i am eating soviet grechka, kotlet, and kompot )))

  • @coryphillips1783
    @coryphillips1783 2 года назад +2

    You do an excellent job and deserve a medal for filming so good while dealing with people who think it's weird.

  • @ThezRto
    @ThezRto Год назад +2

    Only recently did I bump into this guy… and gosh I love him. How much respect and kindness does he show to everyone, regardless of their age, nationality or whatever.
    Keep it up dude, we are many back home who are as fascinated by this former world which is the USSR as you are, and who watch these videos.
    Cheers from Spain :)

  • @charlottebarlow226
    @charlottebarlow226 5 лет назад +366

    I have never been interested in exploration videos before but this guy is so passionate and gets excited even over the little things :D I love watching your videos! Only discovered your channel today but I have subscribed of course!

    • @hiheloByby6902
      @hiheloByby6902 4 года назад +4

      Congrats.. U got soviet subscriber..Mr. Bald and bankrupt

    • @RanjanKumar-cs2yg
      @RanjanKumar-cs2yg 4 года назад +6

      Look a SOVIET chick..😁

    • @mindpowerhub5033
      @mindpowerhub5033 4 года назад +2

      Me too! I just watched a millionaire couple who sold everything and bought a yacht and decided to sail from atlantic oceans all the way to the islands in the Pacific. A channel that is about sailing around the world. Then suddenly YT recommended this amazing channel! Its so unique! I really liked his kind of content because he is describing every places he is visiting! I love it!

    • @mindpowerhub5033
      @mindpowerhub5033 4 года назад +1

      *place

    • @linac9969
      @linac9969 Год назад +1

      @@mindpowerhub5033 Whats the RUclips channel please?

  • @y0ke578
    @y0ke578 5 лет назад +819

    No Body:
    Mr.Bald: LOOK AT THAT SOVIET RAIN !!!!

    • @mollr
      @mollr 4 года назад +17

      Nobody:
      Nobody:
      Nobody:
      OMG COMMENTING ON RUclips IS SO FUN.... fucking nerd

    • @AR15.666
      @AR15.666 4 года назад +7

      BRIGHTLIGHTS why are you so toxic man?

    • @yusein890
      @yusein890 4 года назад +4

      BRIGHTLIGHTS are u triggered?

    • @dannicolae4228
      @dannicolae4228 4 года назад +1

      Looks better than a greyhound bus staționa.

    • @passy48
      @passy48 4 года назад

      😂😂😂😂😂🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️

  • @szili76
    @szili76 2 года назад +2

    Thank you Benjamin for all your videos, all the hard work, all the inconvenience you must go through in order for us to share your experience. You give me so so much with your videos, I wish i could be free like you, heck i wish i could be half as free as you but life is different for me. But i will never give up hope! Never! One day, may it be for a few hours before my death but, i will be free!

  • @markevans3026
    @markevans3026 3 года назад +1

    Just come across your channel. Great stuff. Makes me wanna go travelling. 👌

  • @kevinpritchard6260
    @kevinpritchard6260 5 лет назад +74

    Mr Bald this channel has become truly international and I'm loving it so thankful you have taken us all along

  • @irish8538
    @irish8538 4 года назад +277

    His clips especially those ex - USSR countries are more interesting to watch than NetFlix.
    Never seen a RUclipsr who is so fanatic to Soviet stuffs.. hope I had known your videos before I visited Georgia country.

  • @johnc475
    @johnc475 2 года назад

    I love your channel! I live my dreams of traveling the world thru your videos! Keep up the great work!

  • @Nik4yu
    @Nik4yu 2 года назад

    Mr. Bald is the best among all youtubers. His videos are so pure and genuine. I learnt little russian as well from him.. Long live Bald and thanks for such a "pure joy" on RUclips...
    who else agree?

  • @od1401
    @od1401 4 года назад +83

    I gotta hand it to Belarus everything inside is really clean. It's not horrible and mouldy and dirty, it's clearly kept it in good condition - the cafes, stations, hotel. Really respect that care and attention.

    • @aname5695
      @aname5695 3 года назад +7

      this is result of slave labour of those who are the least paid in the country

    • @christophedenisleet3007
      @christophedenisleet3007 3 года назад +1

      @@aname5695 nice

    • @khekhecorona
      @khekhecorona 3 года назад +2

      Really, Belarus is cleaner than Russia, and we haven't too much criminal scum here, only fucking cops and authoritative government

    • @aname5695
      @aname5695 3 года назад +1

      @@christophedenisleet3007 I know what I am talking about. I live here all my life

  • @africadreamin
    @africadreamin 4 года назад +156

    What a brilliant travel series, makes you want to pack your bags and just go.

  • @pon4ick27
    @pon4ick27 2 года назад

    I love your raw presentation style. Very authentic. Thumbs up.

  • @Samantha-pn4zk
    @Samantha-pn4zk Год назад +7

    I know the cyrillic alphabet, but all of my first year Russian is out the window. Languages are so difficult for me, but I need to suffer through it because I absolutely hate not being able to communicate when I travel. I love wandering solo and being able to talk to locals because those are the most enlightening experiences.

  • @moisesperez4605
    @moisesperez4605 4 года назад +162

    I just started watching your videos, I am visually impaired, I like the way you describe things on your videos, for people that myself that are blind, I definitely like that back in time, luck, keep it up with your videos.

    • @johnmaki6821
      @johnmaki6821 3 года назад +2

      Much respect, love from the USA

    • @nadz993
      @nadz993 3 года назад +3

      I hope bald reads this and carries on! Hope you are well 😊

    • @Shreyaasreyli
      @Shreyaasreyli 3 года назад

      how do you comment on this video?

    • @moisesperez4605
      @moisesperez4605 3 года назад +5

      @@Shreyaasreyli well the way you can write and read on platforms like this is computers, you download software called jaws reader, and that is for people that are visually impaired, to use on a computer.
      Most all new modern iPhones have some type of screen reader, and it enables you to write as well.

    • @Shreyaasreyli
      @Shreyaasreyli 3 года назад

      @@moisesperez4605 Wow that's amazing. Btw why did you go blind? Sorry for the questions

  • @iansteel1447
    @iansteel1447 5 лет назад +46

    I am from London and went to Moscow in 1975, and your film brought back many memories.
    One thing there were not as many shops back then.

  • @L330ne
    @L330ne 2 года назад

    Love your videos man. I find the old stuff fascinating.

  • @Martin-cg6et
    @Martin-cg6et 2 года назад

    One of my favourite video from you. Please, make this kind of concept again 🙏

  • @chris49ford
    @chris49ford 3 года назад +118

    3:04 reminds me of Kruschev's excitement of eating at IBM's cafeteria on his visit to the U.S. in 1959. He was so fascinated with their setup he ordered similar cafeterias to be made in Soviet factories when he returned home. From his memoirs: "The management and the employees both ate there in the lunchroom. Like everyone else, we picked up our utensils and went to the window where they give out the meals, they put our food on our plates, and we went back to whatever table we chose, and once we had eaten that dish we could repeat the procedure and get another dish. It was a democratic arrangement. I think the management was deliberately trying to make a demonstration of democracy, and I admit that I liked it very much. In my speeches later on [back in the USSR] I promoted and encouraged this kind of food service for our factories: there was nothing superfluous anywhere in the operation. The surface of the tables in the lunchroom was plastic. All you had to do was wipe it with a damp cloth and the table was clean."

  • @joycehaines34
    @joycehaines34 3 года назад +221

    Learn languages when you are young an your options are so much more fun in adulthood. Babushkas from America’s advice.

    • @liveleaky7571
      @liveleaky7571 3 года назад +26

      thank you babushka

    • @lauti9655
      @lauti9655 3 года назад +7

      Спасибо тебя, дорогая Бабушка)

    • @ajinkyagauns2280
      @ajinkyagauns2280 2 года назад +9

      U are a cute babuska 😁

    • @CookieeeKiddo
      @CookieeeKiddo 2 года назад +9

      Yep, im 12 and I've started learning russian so one day i can visit russia😊

    • @0skie
      @0skie 2 года назад

      Is there a typo or is there a version of English i've never heard of

  • @goldensprite3373
    @goldensprite3373 3 года назад

    you're fabulous, Bald. Love your channel x

  • @arnegerhardsen3755
    @arnegerhardsen3755 6 дней назад

    Thanks for your great review Ben.

  • @lwingyi1500
    @lwingyi1500 3 года назад +151

    Hello mate.
    I am doctor from Myanmar & i like your self-made show around the world.
    I can see other countries.peoples.cultures & politics.
    I watch your videos every night after my clinic job.
    I love your show brother. ♥♥♥

  • @hawkkim1974
    @hawkkim1974 5 лет назад +188

    Maybe it's because of the weather there but everything looks kinda orderly, clean, calm but depressed.

    • @Reddylion
      @Reddylion 5 лет назад +21

      Exactly weather plays major role... clean, calm depressed.

    • @roshlouis8767
      @roshlouis8767 5 лет назад +23

      This is how the weather is in the UK. No sun, cloudy and chilly.

    • @MykolaSternenkoDroneBoyHoleMan
      @MykolaSternenkoDroneBoyHoleMan 5 лет назад +5

      It's winter

    • @okt3667
      @okt3667 5 лет назад +6

      No , cuz they know how to control population boom.

    • @harrykuheim6107
      @harrykuheim6107 5 лет назад +4

      That's what Communism does to people....Socialism is just "Commie Lite" style Government...nearly just as bad....USA...Trump 2020

  • @annesamm8958
    @annesamm8958 3 года назад

    Enjoyed watching this program.

  • @Madmax1111971
    @Madmax1111971 2 года назад

    I never been out of California but man I sure do love watching your channel keep it up bro and that’s cool like I said you have a good heart for people you never forget what they do for you

  • @deadby15
    @deadby15 5 лет назад +231

    The Soviet Aesthetics is so Retro/Futuristic. They should shoot Sci-Fi films there.

    • @ReflectedMiles
      @ReflectedMiles 5 лет назад +1

      Is Sci-Fi really that regressive? I guess so. A lot of it is dystopian, I guess.

    • @juanjoniebles452
      @juanjoniebles452 5 лет назад +27

      The Soviets were really futuristic, looking forward towards a Communist future. Sadly, capitalism swept in and the Soviet dream dramatically ended.

    • @Antonio-fl3nr
      @Antonio-fl3nr 5 лет назад

      @@juanjoniebles452 Pero mira, Belarus sigue siendo más o menos soviética y es un país encantador, el mejor parado en la post-URSS. Ya no hablan de futuro comunista, pero algo de socialismo les queda y lo están cuidando bien.

    • @davaymyaso7816
      @davaymyaso7816 5 лет назад +4

      @mrtrex01 "everyone flees to America"
      Oooof course... The more you write, the more your stupidity becomes apparent.

    • @davaymyaso7816
      @davaymyaso7816 5 лет назад +1

      @@eddgrs9193 I like reading when kids try to discuss politics. Just stupid as fuck.

  • @vincentvega4390
    @vincentvega4390 5 лет назад +57

    searched so long to find travel vlogs in english about east europe and russia. so happy to have found your channel. thanks a lot for your videos!

  • @user-cv3fp3rc2e
    @user-cv3fp3rc2e 5 месяцев назад

    Amazing thank you sir for sharing keep up the great work

  • @djbp74
    @djbp74 2 года назад +1

    Bro this is such a cool vid looking forward to watching part 2

  • @vijayd313
    @vijayd313 5 лет назад +59

    Mr Bald, you've now taken us with you from India to USSR.
    KEEP IN MIND! We would need more elaboration in English of whatever you speak in their language!
    I loved the video.

  • @wellhellothere1976
    @wellhellothere1976 4 года назад +220

    Lesson of the story: the Babruysk Bus station is mich cleaner than the bus station in my German town of 160,000 inhabitants

    • @rickiw8643
      @rickiw8643 4 года назад +25

      Like him, I'm from England, but I live in Peru. From what I've seen here Belarus is in a much better state (than Peru). Minsk train station and Bobruisk bus station were a joy compared to what you get here. Stay in Europe people.

    • @wasimakram-hh9ug
      @wasimakram-hh9ug 4 года назад +36

      i am a pakistani businessman i lived in belarus, entire belarus clean i think one of the cleanest country of the europe trust me

    • @hellnaw7921
      @hellnaw7921 3 года назад +20

      @mabbohabb Belarus is one of the most corrupt countries in Europe, what are you talking about

    • @misterxyz5958
      @misterxyz5958 3 года назад

      @@rickiw8643 I think most of South American countries are still categorize as third word but Europe either side east or West been called first.

    • @misterxyz5958
      @misterxyz5958 3 года назад +1

      @@Dryenwc3 just leave him alone with his daydreaming. But for me I love Mercedes more than the Germany itself, ha ha ha.

  • @rooiduin10
    @rooiduin10 3 года назад

    OH...........you are doing what I always wanted to do. Thankyou for thebeatiful videos. Спасибо

  • @vitalyk.4451
    @vitalyk.4451 3 года назад +2

    It is really great to follow you on your trips. I wish I can travel with you. Terrific. I also adore Soviet remnants. It is so devastating that they don't preserve this history. It was so cool to watch the Ukrainian mosaics.

  • @aab4065
    @aab4065 3 года назад +18

    I like this man
    1. He has a great and comfy camera angle so I feel like I'm also physically in the places he shows.
    2. He tends to choose kind of hidden and unwellknown places which is great.
    3. His accent is easy to understand.
    4. He keeps his manner and ettiquette in wherever he is.
    Keep it up!

    • @Sniperboy5551
      @Sniperboy5551 Год назад

      Unwellknown aka unknown? Lol

    • @aab4065
      @aab4065 Год назад

      @@Sniperboy5551 go shoot your balls Sniperboy😚

  • @andrewmoses2674
    @andrewmoses2674 5 лет назад +78

    EVEN THOUGH THINGS ARE VERY MUCH LIKE IN THE SOVIET ERA, THEY ARE CLEAN, WELL KEPT & MAINTAINED.

    • @Kuhoochandra
      @Kuhoochandra 4 года назад +3

      Because there are literally ne people there. No dust, no bustle. How will it get dirty? Unless you not clean it regularly. It is easier to regulate things when they are such less in number. Since i live in india, i think this is the problem, so many people, bustle, dust, this that everything in little places cz less space per person. It has to get dirty. You cannot control the number of people there here are too many. But this was fun to watch.

    • @scimatarpictures
      @scimatarpictures 4 года назад

      Kuhoo Not Kuhu and unfortunately, a massive population of people + uncontrolled urbanisation = more waste everywhere

    • @FreemanFDC
      @FreemanFDC 4 года назад

      this so-called "СТАБИЛЬНОСТЬ" for us

  • @Petry4u
    @Petry4u 2 года назад

    Binge watching the heck out of these, so good!

  • @Pareshbpatel
    @Pareshbpatel 11 месяцев назад

    It is like you've taken us travelling back in time. What a wonderful visual experience. Thanks, Mr B&B.
    {2023-06-01}

  • @tjj2343
    @tjj2343 4 года назад +207

    12:17 "old Soviet curtains". Forget 22-year-old bikini-clad travel vloggers. BnB has soviet curtains. God bless Bald.

  • @im4485
    @im4485 4 года назад +143

    once you go past the barrier of fear you can actually enjoy life...

    • @santap.3257
      @santap.3257 4 года назад +1

      This is so true. Life changing!

    • @EA-ck4so
      @EA-ck4so 4 года назад

      Brilliant

    • @misterxyz5958
      @misterxyz5958 3 года назад +3

      But how, it's not so simple, is it?

    • @jerkingofwar
      @jerkingofwar 3 года назад +3

      Or get screw over because false bravery

    • @geoffwilliams6072
      @geoffwilliams6072 3 года назад +1

      Luck is real , some people have it. Clearly bald does. Not just anyone could successfully do this, no matter how brave

  • @PronatorTendon
    @PronatorTendon 3 года назад +3

    I never look to common media pieces about other nations to form my opinions. I'm looking for what it's actually like to be in these cities and towns. The window into real life makes me glad I found this channel

  • @ManAndMachine23
    @ManAndMachine23 2 года назад

    Very Interesting brother thank you for the Trip!!

  • @nicolaushess8816
    @nicolaushess8816 5 лет назад +83

    Well baldy, you can´t get lost in the Belarus Provinces, know why: People are so extemly nice, friendly and honest, even me with my bad rusian got along very well, God bless the nice people of Belarus.

  • @thomasm5714
    @thomasm5714 5 лет назад +101

    If you are fascinated by the Soviet Union, I highly recommend a visit to Tiraspol in Transnistria. It's about as close as you can get to time travel back to the USSR. Кстати, спасибо Вам большое за очень интересное видео про Беларусь!

    • @ballagh
      @ballagh 5 лет назад +2

      Tomas O Maonaigh , true. Only "country" to still use the hammer and sickle on their flag. A video from Transnistria could be fascinating.

  • @westyorkshireaudit1254
    @westyorkshireaudit1254 2 года назад

    Yes I've just re found your channel 😃 edit I totally forgot about your channel for about 1 year then seen a video and it mentioned belarus 🇧🇾 and I'm like the bald man 🤣 I love you work keep up the great work big respect bro

  • @filthyfranco5243
    @filthyfranco5243 2 года назад

    This is so great, been addicted to this kind of content now

  • @suezqparker4575
    @suezqparker4575 3 года назад +89

    I’ve learned so much about the people, the Russian people, from watching this site!
    I was a Cold War American soldier Station in Europe and had a much different opinion of them back then! I was so wrong about these people. Irving.

    • @eugene7145
      @eugene7145 2 года назад

      @Serj Then get off RUclips, go back to your Russian app.

  • @Mike242
    @Mike242 4 года назад +306

    Take a shot of water everytime he says "Soviet". You'll be hydrated for 2 weeks!

    • @Mike242
      @Mike242 4 года назад +7

      Liam C do you even read bro...I said water

    • @stebam8072
      @stebam8072 4 года назад +3

      @@Mike242 lmao that liam is a total spastic

    • @theronin365
      @theronin365 4 года назад +1

      Take a shot of vodka every time he says it, you'll be in hospital for the same time,lol

    • @Perririri
      @Perririri 4 года назад +1

      OK TUMOUR

    • @mariaconway405
      @mariaconway405 4 года назад

      Vodka lol

  • @keeperofthecheese
    @keeperofthecheese 2 года назад

    Huh, this was really interesting, thanks for making it dude, really enjoyed :)